Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 5699 began on and ended on .
Rosh Chodesh l’banot (ראש חודש לבנות also known as Chag habanot חג הבנות [Girls’ Day]), and in Arabic as Eid al-Banat, is a holiday, celebrated by some of the Jewish communities in the Middle East on Rosh Chodesh of the Jewish month of Tevet, during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. The Jewish community where the holiday was most preserved is in Tunisia. But there is also evidence that it was also celebrated in Jewish communities in Libya, Algeria, Kushta, Morocco and Thessaloniki.
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| Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot 1935 | 30 Kislev 5696 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1936 | 30 Kislev 5697 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1937 | 30 Kislev 5698 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1938 | 1 Tevet 5699 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1939 | 30 Kislev 5700 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1940 | 30 Kislev 5701 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1941 | 30 Kislev 5702 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 1942 | 1 Tevet 5703 |
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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